Events & News

Lend-A-Hand: Printing with a Purpose
Monday, November 14, 2016
Half Hollow Hills Community Library
10AM-12PM, MEDLI Business Meeting to Follow

Librarians Ellen Druda and Margie Hartough will demonstrate how they create 3D printed prosthetic hands for the global volunteer organization e-NABLE. Join them for an interesting presentation with information you can take back to your library.

Join us for this “train the trainer” class, which is designed to help librarians assist their older adult patrons find health information. Discover techniques for teaching older adults to use computers and to find health information on the Internet, learn what makes a website senior-friendly; plan library programs on senior health topics; and find out about some recommended health websites for older adults.

Participants will:

Learn about the reasons it is important to better assist their older patrons.

Be able to evaluate health information resources based on usability issues that affect older adults.

Learn and practice techniques for teaching older adults to look for health information on the Internet.

Be able to research health information for older adults on online resources from the National Institutes of Health and other recommended websites.

Join us for this “train the trainer” class, which is designed to help librarians assist their older adult patrons find health information. Discover techniques for teaching older adults to use computers and to find health information on the Internet, learn what makes a website senior-friendly; plan library programs on senior health topics; and find out about some recommended health websites for older adults.

Participants will:

Learn about the reasons it is important to better assist their older patrons.

Be able to evaluate health information resources based on usability issues that affect older adults.

Learn and practice techniques for teaching older adults to look for health information on the Internet.

Be able to research health information for older adults on online resources from the National Institutes of Health and other recommended websites.

What is Palliative Care?Guest Speaker: David Wollner, M.D.

This talk will review the history and evolution of hospice and palliative care, with a focus on more recent developments in the USA, and a projection of the field’s future.

About the Speaker:
David Wollner MD, FACP, AGSF, Team Physician for the Palliative Care Service of the South Nassau Communities Hospital. He has thirty years of experience in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He is trained and board certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Geriatric Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He has been elected to Fellow status in the American College of Medicine, the American Geriatrics Society, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Wollner serves on the American Geriatrics Society Bioethics Committee and was a recent scholar to the NYU/ Montefiore program in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities. He has published articles and book chapters in his field and has presented lectures on Hospice and Palliative Medicine throughout the United States and Western Europe.

While summer is still in full swing, it’s not too early to mark your calendar and save the date for the 2015 MEDLI Fall Meeting!

2015 MEDLI Fall Meeting
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Merrick Library

Our Guest Speaker is David Wollner MD, FACP, AGSF, Team Physician for the Palliative Care Service of the South Nassau Communities Hospital and he will be presenting, What is Palliative Care? His talk will review the history and evolution of hospice and palliative care, with a focus on more recent developments in the USA, and a projection of the field’s future. Plus, we’re bringing back Journal Club!